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What were the major factors that caused the rapid increase in both the number and size of cities in the United States during the late 1800s? |
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What were the characteristics of urban political machines? Why did they develop during this era, and what benefits and harms did they bring to the nation’s cities? |
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What were some of the major problems caused by the nation's urban growth, and how did reformers of this era respond to these problems? |
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What were the primary elements of the Victorian moral code, and how did these values shape middle-class life in American cities? |
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How did the rise of new forms of material culture and commercialized leisure activities change American culture during this period? |
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